1958 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 1958 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1958 college football season. The team's head football coach was Bus Mertes. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 3–7 record with a 2–4 record in conference play. They finished in fifth place. The Wildcats scored just 110 points and gave up 192 points.

1958 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Record	3–7 (2–4 Big 7)
Head coach	Bus Mertes (4th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1958 Big Seven Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Oklahoma $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Missouri	4	–	1	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Colorado	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Kansas	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Nebraska	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Iowa State	0	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Wyoming*	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 17–14	12,000
September 27	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	L 3–13	37,500
October 4	Utah State*	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 13–20	9,866
October 11	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	W 23–6	37,596
October 18	Missouri	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 8–32	12,000
October 25	at No. 9 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 6–40	47,743
November 1	Kansas	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	L 12–21	19,000
November 8	at Oklahoma State*	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	L 7–14
November 15	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	W 14–6	8,193
November 22	at Michigan State*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 7–26	39,032
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game